Tragedy: 3 farmers d!e, 17 rescued as boat capsizes in Borno
Boat tragedy
Three farmers lose their lives in Kubo ward of Shani Local Government Area, Borno State, after a boat conveying 20 farmers capsizes yesterday due to overloading.
According to information from the North-East zonal office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the incident occurred while the farmers were being conveyed across a river to their farmlands.
The Chairman of Shani LGA, Abdu Labaki, confirmed that the accident happened in the early hours of yesterday.The boat reportedly capsized as a result of overloading.
The agency further stated that seventeen people were rescued, but three died and their bodies were recovered.
Meanwhile, a resident in the area, Audu Abu, who spoke with the newsmen via telephone call, said search efforts were still underway to locate and determine if there were still missing persons as of the time of filing this report.
